Study in Royal Society journal on managing GM crops for environmental benefit
...t of genetically modified herbicide tolerant sugar beet for spring and autumn environmental benefit by Dr ...e obtained from GM herbicide tolerant (GMHT) sugar beet crops. Previous work, including the government's Farm Scale Evaluation trials, suggested that GMHT ...Sugar beet virus mutation requires Texas touch
...etting to the root of problemsthroughout the sugar beet industry. The sugar beet industry moved out of Texas in 1997 after the close ofthe processing plant at Hereford. But the grow...Study in Royal Society journal on first observation of giant squid in the wild
...ime. This was not the case for seedbanks following beet crops. The research suggests that there may be long term effects of GMHT crops on biodiversity. Contact: Dr LG Firbank, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP A comparative s...Plants tell caterpillars when it's safe to forage
...ed regulate herbivore behavior. When the larvae of beet armyworms ( Spodoptera exigua ) feed on corn, the plant releases volatile compounds that act as a magnet for parasitic wasps ( Cotesia marginiventris ), which deposit their eggs in the larvae. Production of volatile chemicals increases during the day......p the first industrial system, for the Dutch sugar beet industry. "We then proceeded to expand the application of the system to a great variety of industrial effluents, including quite complex and even toxic wastewaters," he said. The group focused most of its efforts on countries unable to afford cen...